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DOT suggests that as a Substance Abuse Professional, it is important to remind employers that this rule regarding employees who have had positive drug tests went into effect at the end of August. Note: This concerns only Safety Sensitive Employees regulated by the US Department of Transportation. If you have questions, put [...]
New DOT-SAP Regulation – A Reminder
March 16, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Follow-Up Drug Testing Rule
March 4, 2010 by Leave a Comment
There has, until now, been a stay on the DOT drug testing rule that will require all return to duty and follow up drug testing to be observed tests.
So what?
This means that in the not-too-distant future, the DOT will issue a ‘final rule” and a date when all tests of the two types mentioned above [...]
Substance Abuse Professional: Drug Testing “Senseless Waste”?
March 1, 2010 by Leave a Comment
As a substance abuse professional, I struggle with the issue of drug testing. The ACLU has become involved in the testing of public school employees. Their take on the matter — I happen to agree with it, both in principle & practice – is as follows:
The proposed random drug testing of public school employees [...]
What Everybody Ought to Know About Substance Abuse on Our Highways
February 18, 2010 by Leave a Comment
photo credit: ED?WW day_daeAfter working with hundreds of drivers who have made incredibly stupid choices about controlled substances, I know that the majority of them are people who get through the Substance Abuse Professional Process and get better and never reoffend. It appears that the Federal Govenment doesn’t agree, at least in the peron [...]